05/20/2024 - Sun in the Morning - Episode 010

A track from one of my recent favorite songs from Future Islands, took us on a journey jumping across eras- we connected from modern musical creators like BADBADNOTGOOD, The Black Keys, Blood Orange, Victor Axelrod, Khruangbin, and Jamie XX back to jazz-funk drummer Idris Muhammad, soul queens Aretha Franklin and Etta James, and the godfather of Delta Blues, Robert Johnson. Hope everyone enjoyed this episode!

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Bonus Track

Future Islands - King of Sweden - A personal favorite and single off of Future Island's latest album, People Who Aren't There Anymore

This Week's notes and mentions

• Today's 5th track, an unreleased cover of Never Let Me Go by Blood Orange, featuring the original artist, Florence Welch
• A little throwback to Episode 1 where we talked about Don Covay
• Aretha Franklin's original version of One Step Ahead

Full Playlist:

1. Future Islands - Sun in the Morning (Singles-2014)
2. BADBADNOTGOOD (feat. Samuel T. Herring) - Time Moves Slow (IV-2016)
   Connection: Samuel T. Herring is the lead singer of Future Islands
3. BADBADNOTGOOD, Turnstile & Blood Orange - Alien Love Call (New Heart Designs-2023)
   Connection: Another BADBADNOTGOOD production
4. Blood Orange - Best to You (Freetown Sound-2016)
   Connection: Blood Orange was featured on Alien Love Call
5. Blood Orange feat. Florence Welch - Never Let Me go (N/A-)
   Connection: Another Blood Orange performance
6. Florence & The Machine & The XX - You've got the Love (Jamie xx rework) (Single-2009)
   Connection: Never Let Me Go was written and originally performed by Florence & The Machine
7. Jamie xx, Romy - Loud Places (In Color-2015)
   Connection: Jamie XX remixed You've Got The Love
8. Idris Muhammad - Could Heaven Ever be like this? (Turn This Mutha out-1976)
   Connection: Sampled in "Loud Places"
9. Grant Green - Sookie Sookie (Alive! (Live at the Cliche Lounge, Newark, NJ 1970)-1969)
   Connection: Idris Muhammad played drums on "Alive" with Grant Green
10. Steppenwolf - Sookie, Sookie (Steppenwolf-1968)
    Connection: Another version of Sookie Sookie
11. Etta James - Lay Back Daddy (Etta James-1971)
    Connection: Gabriel Meckler produced both this and Steppenwolf
12. The Frightnrs, Victor Axelrod - I'd Rather Go Blind (If You Ask Me to: Victor Axelrod Covers for Daptone Records-2023)
    Connection: Cover of an Etta James song
13. Antibalas - Dub Je Je (Government Magic-2011)
    Connection: Victor Axelrod also played in Antibalas
14. Sugar Minott, Victor Axelrod - One Step Ahead (If You Ask Me to: Victor Axelrod Covers for Daptone Records-2023)
    Connection: Another Victor Axelrod cover!
15. Aretha Franklin - Good to Me as I am To You (Lady Soul-1968)
    Connection: One Step Ahead was originally by Aretha Franklin
16. Cream - Crossroads (Wheels of Fire-1968)
    Connection: Eric Clapton of Cream played guitar on Good to Me As I am to You
17. Robert Johnson - Come on in my Kitchen (King of the delta blues-1936)
    Connection: Crossroads was adapted from a Robert Johnson song
18. Taj Mahal - Dust my broom (Taj Mahal-1968)
    Connection: Another Robert Johnson song reinterpreted
19. The Black Keys - Leavin' Trunk (The Big Come Up-2002)
    Connection: Cover of a Taj Mahal song (sort of)
20. The Black Keys - Waiting on Words (Turn Blue-2014)
    Connection: Another Black Keys track
21. Kool & The Gang - You Don't Have to Change (Light of Worlds-1973)
    Connection: Interpolated in Waiting On Words
22. Khruangbin - Summer Madness (Single-2020)
    Connection: Cover of a Kool & The Gang song